title: The challenge of relating gene expression to the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
abstract: The first decade of transcriptomic studies of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium focused upon gene expression in vitro, and during the infection of mammalian cells. The published regulons and stimulons show that the three Type Three Secretion Systems of S. Typhimurium respond to a diverse range of environmental conditions, and are controlled by a hierarchy of regulatory proteins. The integration of in vitro generated transcriptomic data with global gene expression of S. Typhimurium during infection is beginning to yield valuable information. The coordinated regulation of Salmonella gene expression is a key process for survival, adaptation and virulence capacities of the pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics & Microbiology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hébrard
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kröger
authors.forename: Sathesh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sivasankaran
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Händler
authors.forename: Jay C D
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hinton
mesh_terms: D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000379:methods; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*